A – PHONICS AND VOCABULARY
I. Find the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
1. A. festival B. history C. station D. resource
2. A. begin B. important C. devote D. statue
3. A. convince B. ugly C. weather D. customer
4. A. flourishing B. bicycle C. impress D. caution
5. A. celebration B. production C. competition D. anniversary II. Cross out the word that has no partner
to have
some food To order
To call To buy
grilled
salad fish meat chicken
To recommend
a restaurant a dish a bill a book
To bake
bread soup potatoes cakes
To taste
food a dish a receipt a drink To make
a reservation To change
To do To confirm
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences
1. The extended family arranged marriage, individuals were consulted on the choice of their mate.
A. so B. and C. yet D. otherwise
2. the first footer has a good reputation and success, the family believes that they will receive luck and good fortune throughout the year.
A. if B. when C. because D. moreover
3. Parents usually buy new clothes and shoes for their children a month before the New Year;
, children cannot wear their new clothes until the first day of the New Year and onward.
A. moreover B. although C. otherwise D. however
4. The left hand is customarily used for cleaning, Indian people never eat with their left hand.
A. so B. but C. however D. therefore
5. The yellow apricot blossoms are often seen in Southern Vietnam, , the pink peach blossoms are known as the primary flower in every home in the North.
A. moreover B. however C. therefore D. yet
6. children have performed a certain greeting before receiving lucky money, adults return good advice, encouraging children to keep up with the schoolwork, and obeying their parents.
A. although B. if C. when D. however
7. the Vietnamese believe in fate in marriage, they also think that marriage arrangement plays some roles in activating a positive or negative fate
A. even though B. However C. Therefore D. yet
8. the Chinese greet other people, they have the custom of bowling, folding their hands on chest.
A. because B. Although C. When D. However
IV.Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs from the box. Maybe some blanks can be filled with more than one option.
Honour perform commemorate celebrate
worship symbolizes pray hold
1. On New Year’s Eve, in front of the altar, people
Year. for health and luck in the New
2. Mid-Autumn Festival is held oon 15th day of the eight lunar month to the biggest full moon in the year.
3. To express their gratitude, villagers from Le Mat village built a temple to the man who saved the princess and made their region wealthy as well as adding catching snakes to their career.
4. To the event when An Duong Vuong started moving into the citadel, residents of 12 hamlets belonging to Co Loa held CoLoa Citadel Festival within a 10-day period.
5. “Che Troi Nuoc”, special dessert consisting of a sweet soup with round balls made from rice and sugar sauce, reunion.
6. Ba Na villagers the Village Land Praying Ceremony in preparation for the new crop or before moving to new land
7. During the Trung Sisters Temple Festival, villagers folk games and artistic events, such as dragon and lion dancing, cheo singing, wrestling competition, swinging, etc.
8. Taking place on the third lunar month in Truong Yen Commune, Ninh Binh province, Hoa Lu Festival is cerebrated to the King Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Dai Hanh
B – READING
V.Read the following paragraph and complete it with one suitable word
Tet is celebrated on the first day (1) the Lunar New Year. Some weeks before the New Year, the Vietnamese (2) their houses and paint the walls. New clothes are bought (3) the occasion. One or two days (4) the festival, people make chung cake, (5) _ is the traditional cake. On the New Year’s Eve, the whole family gets together for a dinner. On the New Year morning, all the (6) of the family respect to the elders by beautiful words. In return, they receive lucky money (7) in red tiny envelopes. Then people go to (8) their neighbours, friends and relatives.
VI.Read the passage and decide which statements are True (T) or False (F) Mid-Autumn Festival
In Vietnam, Tet Trung Thu or the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most popular family holidays. It is held oon the 15th day of the August lunar month.
Vietnamese families plan their activities around their children on this special day. In a Vietnamese folklore, parents were working so hard to prepare for the harvest that they left the children playing by themselves. To make up for lost time, parents would use the Mid-Autumn Festival as an opportunity to show their love and appreciation for their children.
Appropriately the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Children’s Festival. In the United States, this tradition continues in many Vietnamese American communities. Trung Thu activities are often centered on children and education. Parents buy lanterns for their children so that they can participate in a candlelit lantern procession at dawn. Lanterns represent brightness while the procession symbolizes success in school. Vietnamese markets sell a variety of lanterns, but most popular children’s lantern is the star lantern. Other children’s activities include arts and crafts in which children make face masks and lanterns. Children also perform traditional Vietnamese dances for adults and participate in contests for prizes and scholarships.
Unicorn dancers are also very popular in Trung Thu festivities.
Like the Chinese, Vietnamese parents tell their children fairy tales and serve mooncakes and other special treats under the silvery moon. A favourite folklore is a carp that wanted to become a dragon, The carp worked and eventually transformed itself into a dragon. This is the story behind the mythical symbol, Cá hóa rồng. Parents use this story to encourage their children to work hard so that they can become whomever they want to be.
1. In Vietnam, the Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of every month 2. To make up for lost time, parents would use the Mid-Autumn Festival as an
opportunity to show their love and appreciation for their children.
3. Lanterns represent brightness while the procession symbolizes success in school 4. It’s difficult for children to buy lanterns in Vietnamese markets.
5. In Mid-Autumn Festival, Vietnamese parents tell their children fairy tales and serve mooncakes and other special treats under the silvery moon.
C- WRITING
VII. Rearrange the words and phrases given to make meaningful sentences
1. Thanks / technology // , / now / can / for / preserve / our / to / culture / future / we /generations /./
2. At / pagoda / , / we / Buddha / worship / tray / Huong / of / a / fruit / offer / to /him/ . /
3. In / Japan / , / to / your / the / remember / shoes / at / entrance / to / take off / all / homes / , / businesses / and / hotels / most / . /
4. Vietnamese / plan / activities / families / around / their / children / on / many / their / special / days / . /
5. At / children / have / to / , / Easter / independent / be / and / look / themselves / after / . /
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning stays the same, using the words given
1. The hotel we saw first was rather expensive. We decided to look for another. (so)
2. There are more and more cars sold every day. The traffic in the streets is becoming more and more difficult. (because)
3. The supermarket in our neighbourhood no longer opens. Very few people live there. (as)
4. She lost her job because she was inexperienced. (because of)
5. My mother didn’t mind our singing. We did it quietly. (since)